The Great Cities Institute beat out 17 other organizations with its proposal to perform the Village of Oak Park’s first ever racial equity assessment. The village board approved its contract with the Great…
A recent report published by the Great Cities Institute and commissioned by the Alternative Schools Network found that the unemployment rate for Chicago’s Black women aged 20-24 increase from 32% in 2019 to…
The College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) hosts three top ten specialty programs, among the nation’s best, and three others in the top 35…
Founded in 1997, the CUPPA Alumni Association plays a vital role in the growth and advancement of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at UIC. The goal of the CUPPA Alumni…
MUPP alum, Taryn McCook, attended CUPPA from 2007-2009. She specialized in economic development with a community focus and took courses that covered a variety of topics such as transportation and international planning and…
MPA Alum, Patricia Fahy, was ranked third on City & State New York’s 2023 Higher Education Power 100 List of most influential academic leaders. Click to read.
In his new book, Worker Mobility and Urban Policy in Latin America: Policy Interactions and Urban Outcomes in Mexico City, CUPPA Postdoctoral Research Associate David López-García, PhD argues that urban outcomes are better…
CUPPA would like to congratulate students Wylie Crowther and Sean O’Rourke for completing their story map project for UPP 461: Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Policy with Dr. Andrea Craft. In collaboration…
Public Policy, Management, and Analytics Professor Kate Albrecht has won the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University’s E-PARCC contest, an annual teaching case and simulation competition. Professor Albrecht’s winning…
